Word: labyrinth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...connected with another by concrete trap doors, linked to the forest floor above by intricate air vents and concrete cover plates. On one plate, its architect had proudly scratched "1962" in the setting concrete. Choppers worked overtime ferrying in explosives as the allies systematically explored-and then destroyed-the labyrinth. Among its contents: four truckloads of enemy maps, documents and training pamphlets, a typewriter, tons of rice, stacks of still cosmolined .50-cal. machine guns rigged with antiaircraft sights, and even Western pinup pictures. So extensive was the haul that Saigon suspected it might have captured the Viet Cong headquarters...
Elephants & Trucks. Since 1959, the 800-mile labyrinth of jungle tracks, muddy rivers and bamboo way stations within Laotian territory has been the major route south for some 45,000 Communist infiltrators heading to battle in South Viet Nam. This, despite North Viet Nam's solemn signature on the 1962 Geneva accord guaranteeing Laos' neutrality and barring foreign troops from Laotian soil. The infiltration now comes to an estimated 4,500 bo dot (regular infantrymen) a month. More than one third of the "trail" has been converted into broad-shouldered, two-lane dirt highways. Truck convoys move...
...least. Rehabilitation consists of encouraging people to improve their own houses with the aid of bank loans insured by the Federal Housing Authority and, thanks to 1964 legislation, some direct federal loans. The process itself is lengthy. As one observer said, "The FHA places each request in a bureaucratic labyrinth so involved that approval come only after endless delay." Despite much local prodding, banks and, to a lesser extent, the government still remain reluctant to grant loans to low-income families...
...German katze, in French chat, in Spanish and Portuguese gato, in Italian gatto, in Russian kot, and in Gaelic cat. Such striking linguistic similarities, which occur profusely throughout the Babel of the world, defy coincidence. They suggest that someone who knows one language need never walk blindfold through the labyrinth of a related tongue...
Beneath Naples lies a labyrinth of tunnels that mostly end in the port area. They were built centuries ago by nobles and monks who wanted a safe and secret exit in dangerous times. Some 1,000 "tunnel guides" today make their living leading thieves to the right spot at the right time. In 1962, a British freighter en route from Leghorn to West Africa with a cargo of textiles, rugs and Olivetti typewriters sank in a storm off Naples. Insurance company divers said the water was too deep for salvage. The company ordered new divers from West Germany and, meanwhile...